Posted on 04/11/2024 9:46:47 AM PDT by xxqqzz
The St. Croix County jury convicted Nicolae Miu, 54, of reckless homicide for fatally stabbing Isaac Schuman, 17, at the popular recreation spot in western Wisconsin. He was also convicted of recklessly endangering the safety of four other people he stabbed.
A St. Croix County jury has convicted Nicolae Miu of first degree reckless homicide for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Isaac Schuman during a 2022 confrontation at the Apple River in western Wisconsin that turned violent.
The jury of six men and six women also found Miu, of Prior Lake, guilty of four counts of recklessly endangering safety for stabbing four other people in Schuman's group. He was also found guilty of one count of battery.
Prosecutors had sought a higher charge of first degree intentional homicide against Miu, but also asked the jury of six men and six women to consider the lesser charges.
Schuman was from Stillwater. Also stabbed in the confrontation on June 30, 2022 at the recreation spot near Somerset were Alexander Martin, Dante Carlson, Anthony Carlson and Rhyley Mattison. Miu was also convicted of battery against another in the group, Madison Coen.
Miu had argued he was acting in self-defense.
The jury had briefly returned to the courtroom first thing Thursday to review video of the confrontation captured by Jawahn Cockfield, who was part of the group that included 17-year-old Isaac Schuman.
Jurors reviewed the video from the one-minute mark, when Miu first spoke to Coen, who told Miu to leave after Schuman's group accused Miu of "looking for little girls." Miu testifed that he pushed Coen because she was yelling and in his personal space. Witnesses said Miu punched her, starting the brawl.
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Stay out of that county and state. No vacations, business or even to go to visit. Those folk are nuts and wish Canada would absorb the entire state.
That area is near Minneapolis, almost its suburbs.
Just for the record, this is Wisconsin, not Minnesota.
It is as if he's Jewish and the punks are Palis. He must have been scared half to death. Those punks were a mob, not each behaving as the sweet individuals they appear one by one.
Appeal is in order.
In the comments on the videos, they are saying Miu will spend his last days in prison, which doesn’t seem accurate. He is 54, and not sure what he gets for manslaughter and 4 counts on endangerment. He has been in prison for 2 years. I guess they denied bail since he was charged with murder 1. That is probably why he lost all that weight, the prison food.
The area this happened is in WI, but about 40 minutes from downtown Minneapolis. Twin Cities’ suburbs aren’t huge like some bigger cities’.
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